Reports: F2 and beyond.

The 28 cars in attendance for Standlake’s 5 th meeting of the season was the biggest of the season so far, which was doubly impressive considering the clashing Grimley meeting stopped several regular visitors from being in attendance.  Among the entry, there was an F2 debut for 371 Nathan Lewis and first outings in 2022 for 2 Craig Passey, 26 Steve Turner, 534 Tom Stoodley and 669 Lee Hall.  295 Leo Freebody made his second visit from Ringwood and completing the lineup were surprising visits from Grimley locals 42 Ash Greening and 716 Jim Muckian.  Both drivers find themselves towards the top of the Standlake points chart at this point of the season and their attendances could well be seen as an indication to challenge for the gold roof.  Heat 1 raised a field of 19 cars and saw Turner make a strong start from the 2 nd row to pass Freebody and lead into turn 1, before being passed by 255 Joshua Heffer around turn 2.  542 Martin Chard moved up into 2 nd as...

 

Ringwood's Southern Championship was up for grabs on May 14th, as the tracks' highest turnout in 2 years saw 22 cars in the pits.  12 Vince Foley made his first appearance of the season, while 255 Joshua Heffer and 288 Mason Hall were track debutants.   A MAIDEN RINGWOOD OUTING FOR 288 MASON HALL 255 JOSHUA HEFFER ALSO MADE HIS TRACK DEBUT 346 Antony Warne made only his 2nd visit from Swaffham while Grimley-based 242 Mick Jackson's outing was his first at Ringwood in 12 months alongside regular visitors, defending Southern champion 299 Will Jackson and 681 Ollie Holford. 346 ANTHONY WARNE MADE HIS 2ND RINGWOOD VISIT OF THE SEASON, COMPLETE WITH NEW CAR The first of 2 graded order qualifying heats saw all cars on track, with 593 Matt Boddington getting the best start to lead into turn 1 ahead of Joshua Heffer and 756 Ryan Mulley, as Warne dropped back from 2nd to 4th on the opening corner.  Will Jackson and 150 John Enright got the better of 421 Gary Webb on turn 4 as...

The second bank holiday meeting in succession at Standlake saw another strong turnout of 26 cars in the pits.  There was a track debut for former BriSCA racer 746 Gary Kitching along with a first Standlake appearance for Ringwood racer 295 Leo Freebody.  The entry was completed by regular Grimley visitors, 42 Ash Greening, 245 Kyle Broadway, 252 Izzy and 299 Will Jackson and 716 Jim Muckian. A STANDLAKE DEBUT FOR 746 GARY KITCHING 295 LEO FREEBODY MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AWAY FROM RINGWOOD 16 cars were out for heat 1 on a very dusty track, with 254 Harry Heffer making the strongest start to lead into turn 1 ahead of 542 Martin Chard and Broadway.  255 Joshua Heffer snatched 3rd from Broadway on turn 3, while 535 Ryan Stoodley passed 563 Keith Walding.  Kitching was an early spinner on turn 2, as Broadway retook 3rd place from Joshua Heffer a lap later.  6 Tyler Newman then reeled in Broadway and Heffer for 3rd, the latter also losing out to 280 Pete Webb. 856 ...

25 cars were in attendance for the 3 rd outing of the season at Standlake.  Grimley racer 502 Ryan Weston made his track debut, there were first appearances of the season for 109 Stuart Biddle and 242 Mick Jackson, along with 42 Ash Greening, 252 Izzy Jackson and 245 Kyle Broadway amongst the more regular Grimley visitors. FIRST STANDLAKE VISIT FOR 502 RYAN WESTON 242 MICK JACKSON MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE YEAR With the usual 2/3rds format in place, 15 cars took to the track for heat 1.  253 Charlie Heffer got the jump on 542 Martin Chard to lead into turn 1, while 210 Patrick Somerton passed 623 Rob Dobie for 4 th into the same corner.  Later in the lap 185 Jess Webb gained on 776 James Trigg on turn 3 for 6th, as 856 Paul Webb passed Greening up the inside on turn 4 to move into 9 th . The following lap Greening retook 9 th from Paul Webb as Chard pulled up on the back straight with electrical problems.  Trigg moved Jess Webb wide on turn 3 to move into...

 

Grimley’s season opener saw the highest turnout for many years, with 17 cars in attendance (after 681 Ollie Holford made an overnight engine change from Ringwood and arrived in time for heat 2).  An impressive entry of 10 local racers were joined by 969 Bart Smeets from the northern Outlaw formula - who made his track debut - as did 488 Owen Stringer.  70 Brian Shadbolt made another return to Grimley having spent the previous seasons back at BriSCA.  Standlake-based 210 Patrick Somerton made only his 2 nd visit to the track and the entry was completed by rare visits for 280 Pete and 421 Gary Webb. A FIRST GRIMLEY VISIT FOR LANCASHIRE-BASED DUTCHMAN 969 BART SMEETS A GRIMLEY RETURN FOR 70 BRIAN SHADBOLT 16 cars lined up for heat 1, although Stringer and 502 Ryan Weston (in the ex-Jordan Butcher car) pulled off before the start with running issues.   505 Jason Masters got the lead into turn 1 ahead of Somerton as 716 Jim Muckian made a quick start from the blue grade ...